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Russia launches ‘hellish’ aerial attack on eastern Ukrainian city of Pavlohrad

19/07/2025 10:00 The Guardian

Six-hour bombardment of strategic hub in Dnipropetrovsk region came as airstrikes killed one person in OdesaRussia launched its biggest ever attack on the eastern Ukrainian city of Pavlohrad early on Saturday, as part of a large wave of strikes across the country involving hundreds of kamikaze drones and ballistic missiles.The six-hour bombardment was the worst in the city’s history. The head of the Dnipropetrovsk region, Sergey Lysak, said a factory had been damaged, a fire station destroyed and a five-storey residential building hit. Continue reading...

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Trump requests release of Epstein court documents but says ‘nothing will be enough for the troublemakers’ – US politics live

Move seeks to quell controversy that has engulfed the administration since it said it would not release more files from Epstein’s sex trafficking caseAs Donald Trump tries to claim he was “not a fan” of Jeffrey Epstein, photos, videos and anecdotes paint a picture of their relationship, writes...

19/07/2025 17:19 The Guardian
Trump’s EPA eliminates research and development office and begins layoffs

Administration’s move to cut thousands of agency jobs will be devastating for US public health, union warnsThe Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) said on Friday it is eliminating its research and development arm and reducing agency staff by thousands of employees. One union leader said the move...

19/07/2025 13:56 The Guardian
Health experts raise alarm over RFK Jr’s ‘war on science’ amid mass firings and budget cuts

Experts warn that the dangerous ideologically driven cuts at HHS will have long-term consequences for healthcare The Trump administration’s “war on science” appears to have entered a new phase in the aftermath of a recent supreme court decision that empowered health and human services secretar...

19/07/2025 11:00 The Guardian
UK weather: Met Office warns of danger to life from thunderstorms and floods

Amber warning for London and south-east England, where heavy rain could cause ‘fast flowing or deep flood water’Thunderstorms and flooding could pose a danger to life in parts of the UK this weekend, according to forecasters.The Met Office issued an amber thunderstorm warning for London and much...

19/07/2025 09:28 The Guardian
Are US tariffs starting to bite? Trump, in denial over rising prices, targets Fed chief Powell

The White House is trying to drive out the Federal Reserve chair. Critics warn it would be a costly bid to pass the buckMemo from the White House: inflation is “right on track”, it declared this week, citing the latest official data. Price growth is now “very low”, according to Donald Trump....

19/07/2025 09:00 The Guardian
Man shot dead by police in Townsville

Police allege the man was armed with a machete and knife on The Strand in Townsville’s North Ward on Saturday morningGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe Queensland police service says officers have shot and killed a man in Townsville after they allege he moved towards th...

19/07/2025 06:05 The Guardian
Six great reads: sports bros, London’s most rock’n’roll hotel and Tetris-like architecture

Need something brilliant to read this weekend? Here are six of our favourite pieces from the past seven days Continue reading...

19/07/2025 05:00 The Guardian
Death toll grows from torrential rains in South Korea with thousands unable to return home

Four people have died and two are missing after four days of heavy rain as authorities warn of landslides and floodingTorrential rains that lashed South Korea for a fourth day on Saturday kept nearly 3,000 people from returning to their homes, as the death toll reached four people.Rain is forecast t...

19/07/2025 04:34 The Guardian
Epstein case ‘a matter of public concern’, Pam Bondi says in motion to unseal grand jury transcripts – as it happened

This live blog is now closed.Trump sues Wall Street Journal and Rupert Murdoch for libelTulsi Gabbard calls for Obama to be prosecuted over 2016 election claimsIt was a friendship that spanned three different decades. To Donald Trump, Jeffrey Epstein was a “terrific guy”. Epstein believed himsel...

19/07/2025 01:56 The Guardian
Is this Queensland beach really the best in the world? Tell us your favourite

Whitehaven beach on Whitsunday Island is home to marine stingers, including jellyfish, from October to May, but that didn’t stop voters in Big 7 Travel list. Have your say in the comments sectionGet our weekend culture and lifestyle emailA Queensland beach where swimmers need to wear stinger suits...

19/07/2025 00:00 The Guardian
Lawyer argues Call of Duty maker can’t be held responsible for actions of Texas school shooter

Families of victims sued Activision and Meta, saying the companies bear responsibility for products used by gunmanA lawyer for the maker of the video game Call of Duty argued Friday that a judge should dismiss a lawsuit brought by families of the victims of the Robb elementary school attack in Uvald...

18/07/2025 23:14 The Guardian
Tulsi Gabbard calls for Obama to be prosecuted over 2016 election claims

Trump intelligence chief accuses ex-president and others of ‘treasonous conspiracy’ for alleging Russian interferenceUS politics – follow liveTulsi Gabbard, the director of national intelligence, has called for Barack Obama and former senior US national security officials to be prosecuted afte...

18/07/2025 21:41 The Guardian
First Australian tanks handed over to Ukrainian army

Defence minister Richard Marles says Australia is ‘steadfast’ in support of Kyiv as Abrams tanks go into actionGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe first tranche of Australian tanks has been handed over to the Ukrainian army to help its defence against Russia’s invasi...

18/07/2025 19:37 The Guardian
Trump administration to destroy nearly $10m of contraceptives for women overseas

As part of president’s end to foreign aid, destruction of the long-acting contraceptives will cost US taxpayers $167,000The Trump administration has decided to destroy $9.7m worth of contraceptives rather than send them abroad to women in need.A state department spokesperson confirmed that the dec...

18/07/2025 18:01 The Guardian
‘Profound alarm’: US veterans agency roiled by fight over anti-discrimination provisions

Nearly 100 lawmakers claim the agency’s recent actions put veterans’ healthcare at risk. Department of Veterans Affairs chief says ‘no one is being discriminated against at VA’The US Department of Veterans Affairs has enthusiastically joined Donald Trump’s war on DEI – demanding that sta...

18/07/2025 17:13 The Guardian
Lammy announces exposure of 18 Russian spies after UK cyber-attacks

Foreign secretary says two agents were involved in planting spyware on a device used by poisoning victim Yulia SkripalThe UK has exposed 18 Russian spies and their units responsible for cyber-attacks in Britain and hacking one of the victims of the Salisbury poisonings, David Lammy, the foreign secr...

18/07/2025 16:44 The Guardian
Trump requests release of Epstein grand jury transcripts amid report of ‘bawdy’ birthday note | First Thing

Trump reportedly contributed sketch of naked woman to sex offender’s birthday album. Plus, Medicaid hands over Americans’ personal data to immigration authoritiesDon’t already get First Thing in your inbox? Sign up hereGood morning.Donald Trump said he had requested the release of grand jury t...

18/07/2025 12:26 The Guardian
US wetlands ‘restored’ using treated sewage tainted with forever chemicals

Use of wastewater treatment plant effluent containing Pfas threatens wildlife, food and drinking water, advocates sayMany of the nation’s wetlands are being filled with toxic Pfas “forever chemicals” as wastewater treatment plant effluent tainted with the compounds is increasingly used to rest...

18/07/2025 11:00 The Guardian
Labour MPs challenge Richard Tice over Reform UK’s plan to scrap green projects

Exclusive: Letter signed by 59 MPs criticises party’s deputy leader after his warning to energy firms over new contractsUK politics live – latest updatesA group of nearly 60 Labour MPs has written to Richard Tice challenging the Reform UK deputy leader’s pledge to rip up green energy contracts...

18/07/2025 10:52 The Guardian
Syrian security forces ready to deploy to Druze-majority Sweida to quell fighting, minister says – Middle East crisis live

Syrian troops pulled out of Sweida on Thursday on the orders of the Islamist-led government, following days of deadly clashesGaza’s civil defence agency said on Friday that Israeli strikes killed 14 people in the north and south of the war-ravaged Palestinian territory, Agence France-Presse (AFP)...

18/07/2025 08:28 The Guardian
First tickets to Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey sell out – a year before its 2026 release

The blockbuster adaptation of Homer’s epic has not finished filming and has no official runtime. But super fans – and scalpers – already have seatsThe first tickets to Christopher Nolan’s take on Homer’s Odyssey have gone on sale – before he’s even finished filming it and a year before...

18/07/2025 07:01 The Guardian
‘It’s ourselves and society on trial’: playwright adapts Gisèle Pelicot case for stage

Case that exposed France’s rape culture and shocked the world has been made into play to be shown in Avignon, where trial was heldA stage play based on the trial of the men who drugged and raped Gisèle Pelicot will be staged this week in the southern city of Avignon, as France continues to debate...

18/07/2025 04:00 The Guardian
Ice given access to Medicaid data in move critics call a privacy betrayal

Officials let Ice access health data to locate migrants, alarming experts who warn of civil rights and health risksMedicaid officials have reportedly made an agreement with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) to allow agents to examine a database of Americans’ personal information – includ...

17/07/2025 20:36 The Guardian
Israeli airstrike hits Sweida city in Syria as tribal fighters clash with Bedouins

Conflict restarts in southern province as Druze groups reportedly target Bedouin villages in ‘revenge’ attacksSyrian government forces have withdrawn from the Druze-majority province of Sweida, ending four days of clashes between the army and local Druze fighters.In a speech on Thursday, the Syr...

17/07/2025 20:27 The Guardian
Merz calls for UK, Germany and France to align on migration and defence

German chancellor’s proposal for strategic axis comes as London and Berlin sign first treaty since second world warThe German chancellor has called for a strategic axis between London, Paris and Berlin to tackle illegal migration and deepen defence cooperation, despite declaring that he “deeply...

17/07/2025 17:36 The Guardian
UK’s £225m AI supercomputer, Isambard-AI, launches in Bristol

Hopes £225m Isambard-AI in Bristol will unleash new era of technological, medical and social breakthroughsBritain’s new £225m national artificial intelligence supercomputer will be used to spot sick dairy cows in Somerset, improve the detection of skin cancer on brown skin and help create wearab...

17/07/2025 17:00 The Guardian
Merz says he ‘deplores deeply’ UK’s decision to leave EU after signing UK-Germany treaty – as it happened

UK PM and German chancellor answered media questions after signing first treaty between two countries since second world warWhile Rushanara Ali is answering the urgent question in the Commons, Keir Starmer is speaking at the event where he is announcing a “civil society covenant”.There is a live...

17/07/2025 16:43 The Guardian
Preparations to deliver Patriot missile systems to Ukraine under way, Nato’s top Europe commander says – as it happened

Alexus Grynkewich says Russia will remain a threat even if a peaceful solution to war in Ukraine can be foundFour Flemish civil society groups that brought the case against the regional Flemish government hailed the court’s decision (12:39) as “historic”.“This historic ruling acknowledges th...

17/07/2025 16:08 The Guardian
Senate approves cuts to global aid funding and public broadcasting in win for Trump – US politics live

Most cuts are schemes to assist foreign countries hit by disease, war and natural disastersUS Senate passes aid and public broadcasting cuts in victory for TrumpWhat are rescissions and why does Trump want them?Donald Trump has lashed out against his own supporters, calling them gullible “weakling...

17/07/2025 15:41 The Guardian
Cardiff council warns tenants of eviction if household member convicted for Ely riots

If individuals are convicted and sentenced, council may go to court to seek repossession of their home, letters saidCardiff council has written to several council tenants warning they could be evicted if a member of the household is convicted for offences related to the riots sparked by the death of...

17/07/2025 15:21 The Guardian
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